Optimism Panthers TE Greg Olsen Could Return In Week 6

According to Ian Rapoport, there is confidence that Panthers TE Greg Olsen will be able to return from his broken foot and play in the team’s Week 6 game against the Redskins, assuming he puts in a good week of practice.

Olsen had been hoping to return in four to five weeks after re-breaking the bone in his foot that he injured last year and this would be five weeks removed from him reinjuring his foot.

Olsen, 33, is a former first-round pick of the Bears back in 2007. He played four years for Chicago before he was traded to the Panthers in 2011.

Olsen was in the final year of a four-year, $27.75 million contract and is set to make a base salary of $6.5 million for the 2018 season when he agreed to a two-year extension worth $8.55 million back in April.

In 2017, Olsen appeared seven games for the Panthers and caught 17 passes for 191 yards receiving and one touchdown.